ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167714
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| Date: | Thursday 4 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:36-37 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL743 |
| MSN: | AS-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Chapelle-Vallon and Voué; Aube département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Took off from RAF Kirmington at 22:00 to bomb the military camp at Mailly-le-Camp.
Shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann, Oberfeldwebel Köhler & Unteroffizier Modl of the Stab I./NJG 5, who had taken off from Saint-Dizier in Bf 110 G-4 C9+AB; crashed as soon after passing through the target area, coming down between Chapelle-Vallon (Aube) and Voué, two small communities 15 km and 16 km N respectively of Troyes.
Sgt Cockburn is buried in the communal cemetery of the former, while Sgt Bodsworth lies in the churchyard of the latter. Flt Sgt Sanderson RNZAF was on the run for a while, during which time he received help from a number of people in the area, including Mme Duquesne, Dr Bouvier and the Patris family:
Flt Lt J A Sanderson RNZAF (POW)
Sgt F J Soloman (POW)
Sgt R G Marks (POW)
Sgt C Farley (POW)
Sgt W T Violett (Evaded)
Sgt J T Cockburn (KIA)
Sgt J A W Bodsworth (KIA)
Sources:
Www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/war-veteran-receives-highest-honour-in-france-for-second-world-war-bravery-1-61
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 207.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=784
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | PD226 | 166 Sqn RAF | 7 | Baltic Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2014 16:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Jun-2016 21:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-May-2021 17:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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